Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks at a town hall meeting in Henderson, Nev., on Saturday.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks at a town hall meeting in Henderson, Nev., on Saturday.

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pushed back Saturday against calls from President Obama and other Democrats for stricter gun control laws in the wake of the mass shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church that left nine people dead.

Bush, who traveled to this Las Vegas suburb for a town hall event, said he does not believe tougher gun laws would prevent mass shootings.

Lt. Gov. and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom speaks at a celebration outside City Hall on Friday after the Supreme Court approved gay marriage.

Lt. Gov. and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom speaks at a celebration outside City Hall on Friday after the Supreme Court approved gay marriage.

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Gavin Newsom was jumping into the car, headed to a breakfast speech on job creation, when a commonplace day turned extraordinary: The Supreme Court of the United States had affirmed the right of gays to marry.

Gay rights have been fought for over decades. But among the political class, Newsom was the protagonist who almost singlehandedly wrenched gay marriage onto California’s radar. As San Francisco...

Former senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the campaign trail this week in St. Louis County.

Former senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the campaign trail this week in St. Louis County.

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The State Department cannot find in its records all or part of 15 work-related emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton's private server that were released this week by a House panel investigating the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, officials said Thursday.

The emails all predate the Sept. 11 assault on the U.S. diplomatic facility and include scant words written by Clinton herself, the officials said....